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I was thinking UK wise but yes VAT must be paid in the country of sale now.

You only pay the tax applicable when you purchase an item not when it ships. (except customs import duty ofc)

That's how I used to hold my N97 obviously a lot smaller!

I have to agree I've got a keyone and keys been in line does not help typing make more mistakes I think it is more natural been staggered even though its an old hardware issue.

Yeah I agree with this and the flap should be magnetic so it holds to the front and back of the display.

Square Enix enough said lol

Can start sourcing replacement batteries now! we can see which one it is :D

I'd be surprised if android doesn't support 3 keys per key as this is standard on keyboards already. {key} SHIFT+{key} ALT GR + {key} But I think it may be a manufacturing issue to display 3 keys due to the size not an OS thing.

where did you get that info wondering if my keyone has it :D

I find i'm using my watch more for those these days and not even using my phone :D

@okayphoneme I though that about opening closing all the time when I got my first slider phone you actually don't notice and automatically do it. On my N97 I found my self closing the thing as I didn't need the keyboard :D @eskerahn love that design!

the cradle does need a redesign IMO :) no reason why 3 cards can't fit on it just don't have shaky hands haha.

TBH you can say that about any platform that allows messaging

I think the dual sim + sd card is the main feature needed. I've only manage to use 36Gb on my phone though in a year so I'm not worried about storage :D (don't take many pictures and never take video)

They should already have the devices and will need to sort the software, but I suspect they have a licensing issue (why the price increased). If they don't have licensing sorted they can't ship. They really need to post to this thread and update the community it's getting a bit daft in here.

they had to increase price due to some unknown costs I suspect patents in the US.

This is quite true when I got my N97 I used to mess up all the time opening it and dropped it a few times.

they mention the standard ones in the phone advertising information already :)

The device is expected to ship this week not hear other wise so I expect delivery next week sometime. The price comment it keeps going up, it's gone once after pre-order stage finished which tbh is why you pre-order!

have to agree with @netman why would it exist prior to release?

Are you saying the VM is to run the VPN client? I'd be surprised if the android VPN client doesn't work.

I completely agree as well this is the selling point of the phone! :)

I would use the keyboard like a normal pc keyboard. I have a keyone at the moment and I miss-type all the type because of the behaviour of the modifier keys I always automatically press both and then the key remains on for the next key press, so I would prefer to turn them off. But it's not a problem as they haven't added sticky option yet but when they do I wish to be able to choose to use it :)

TBH I don't want sticky modifiers I use 2 hands on hardware keyboard phones

Yeah when you use a keyboard and mouse a lot of things work as you expect on a desktop I've not done it in ages.